Nottingham earthenware is English pottery from the thirteenth to the late eighteenth centuries. (The last authenticated piece was created in 1799.) Usually brown, with a faint metallic lustre. Often decorated with lines incised around the piece. (Dizik, 1988)
Loving Cup example of Nottingham Earthenware
Large cups with arched handles were often called “loving cups,” The one above was made to honour a husband and wife, as the inscription shows. This is one of the earliest salt-glazed stoneware cups of this type. The carved date of 1715 could be the wedding year or an anniversary. In the eighteenth century, Nottingham and Derbyshire were known for making this type of ceramic. Salt-glazed stoneware was a cheap material, so middle-class people could afford these beautiful pieces. (Loving Cup | British, Nottingham (Derbyshire) | the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1715)
Sources
Dizik, A. (1988, January 1). Concise Encyclopedia of Interior Design. https://doi.org/10.1604/9780442221096
Loving cup | British, Nottingham (Derbyshire) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (1715, January 1). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/746095
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